Editing (section) Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back 0 You are not logged in. ===Re-releases=== [[File:TESB 30th Anniversary logo.png|right|thumb|150px|2010 marked the film's 30th Anniversary]] Along with the other two films of his original trilogy, [[George Lucas]] issued a [[The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition|Special Edition]] of ''The Empire Strikes Back'' in 1997, making a number of [[List of changes in Star Wars re-releases|changes and additions]], including replacing a piece of music from the closing scene. On [[September 21]], [[2004]] the three original movies were finally released on DVD. There have been [[List of changes in Star Wars re-releases|a few further minor changes to the film]] on this release—such as sound effects and improvements to the visual quality of the film. One highly noticeable change involving visually quality improvement is that the odd pink glow was removed from the Cloud City entrance scene, where the Cloud Car was replaced with a [[Tibanna]] refinery in the 1997 theatrical version. In addition, the scene in which Darth Vader speaks with the Emperor was altered for the DVD release. Originally, Palpatine was portrayed by a woman wearing a mask with a chimpanzee's eyes superimposed over her own, with an elder male's voice dubbed in later. [[Clive Revill]], who performed Palpatine's voice, and [[Marjorie Eaton]], who portrayed Palpatine physically, were both replaced with [[Ian McDiarmid]], who would eventually be cast for the same role in ''Return of the Jedi'' and all three prequels. However, Revill's name still appeared in the movie's credits as the voice actor for Palpatine. McDiarmid re-recorded the dialogue with [[James Earl Jones]] and they both added more lines for this scene. Another addition was [[Temuera Morrison]] providing the voice for [[Boba Fett]], further establishing the fact that Boba is indeed a clone of [[Jango Fett]]. The trilogy was re-released on separate two-disc Limited Edition DVD sets from [[September 12]], [[2006]] to [[December 31]], 2006; the original versions of the films were added as bonus material. Controversy surrounded the release because the unaltered versions were from the 1993 non-[[Wikipedia:Anamorphic|anamorphic]] [[Wikipedia:Laserdisc|Laserdisc]] masters, and were not retransferred with modern video standards.<ref>{{Cite_web|author=Ian Dawe|title=Anamorphic Star Wars and Other Musings|work=Mindjack Film|url=http://www.mindjack.com/film/archives/2006_05_01_archive.html|accessdate=2006-05-26}}</ref> ''The Empire Strikes Back'' was re-released for a Blu-ray format re-release in September of [[2011]].<ref>{{Cite_web|year=2011|title=Bring the Complete Collection Home: Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-Ray|url=http://www.starwars.com/movies/saga/bluraymay4/index.html|accessdate=2011-07-08}}</ref> On [[April 7]], [[2015]], the Walt Disney Studios, 20th Century Fox, and Lucasfilm jointly announced the digital releases of the six released ''Star Wars'' films. As Lucasfilm had retained digital distribution rights to Episodes I through VI, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released ''The Empire Strikes Back'' for digital download on [[April 10]], 2015.<ref>{{SW|url=news/the-star-wars-digital-movie-collection-coming-april-10|text=The ''Star Wars'' Digital Movie Collection Coming April 10}}</ref> Despite the [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Company's]] [[2012]] purchase of [[Lucasfilm Ltd.]] and the release rights to all future ''Star Wars'' films, Fox was to retain original distribution rights to [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']], which they co-produced and co-financed, in perpetuity in all media worldwide. Fox was also to retain theatrical, nontheatrical, and home video rights worldwide for the franchise's five subsequent films, which Lucasfilm produced and financed independently, through [[May (month)|May]] [[2020]], at which time ownership was to transfer to Disney. This complex relationship between Fox and Disney, particularly in regards to Fox's perpetual rights to Episode IV, was to create an obstacle for any future boxed set comprising all nine films.<ref name="Hollywood Reporter">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tangled-rights-could-tie-up-384541|title=Tangled Rights Could Tie Up Ultimate 'Star Wars' Box Set (Analysis)|last=Masters|first=Kim|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2012-10-30|accessdate=2012-10-31}}</ref> On [[December 14]], [[2017]], The Walt Disney Company announced that it was acquiring most of Fox's parent company, [[Wikipedia:21st Century Fox|21st Century Fox]], including the film studio and all distribution rights to ''A New Hope''.<ref>{{Cite_web|url=https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/walt-disney-company-acquire-twenty-first-century-fox-inc-spinoff-certain-businesses-52-4-billion-stock-2/|title=The Walt Disney Company To Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., After Spinoff Of Certain Businesses, For $52.4 Billion In Stock|work=[[The Walt Disney Company]]|date=2017-12-14|accessdate=2017-12-14}}</ref> On [[March 20]], [[2019]], the [[Wikipedia:Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|deal]] was officially completed.<ref>{{Cite_web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-closes-fox-deal-creating-global-content-powerhouse-1174498|title=Disney Closes $71.3 Billion Fox Deal, Creating Global Content Powerhouse|work=[[Wikipedia:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=2019-03-19|accessdate=2019-04-14}}</ref> On [[April 12]], 2019, a [[Wikipedia:Blu-ray|Blu-ray]] box set containing the nine main installments of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Star Wars saga|saga]] remastered in 4K was reportedly announced to be in development for a [[2020]] release.<ref>{{Cite_web|url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/film/content/105409/exclusive-skywalker-saga-4k/|title=Exclusive: Disney are working on a 4K Blu-ray box set for Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (updated)|first=|last=|date=April 12, 2019|accessdate=April 14, 2019}}</ref> Loading editor Standard preloads (select a template to preload its contents): Custom preload pagename: Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> <nowiki></nowiki> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ Characters: Á á Ć ć É é Í í Ĺ ĺ Ń ń Ó ó Ŕ ŕ Ś ś Ú ú Ý ý Ź ź À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù  â Ĉ ĉ Ê ê Ĝ ĝ Ĥ ĥ Î î Ĵ ĵ Ô ô Ŝ ŝ Û û Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü Ÿ ÿ ß Ã ã Ẽ ẽ Ĩ ĩ Ñ ñ Õ õ Ũ ũ Ỹ ỹ Ç ç Ģ ģ Ķ ķ Ļ ļ Ņ ņ Ŗ ŗ Ş ş Ţ ţ Đ đ Ů ů Ǎ ǎ Č č Ď ď Ě ě Ǐ ǐ Ľ ľ Ň ň Ǒ ǒ Ř ř Š š Ť ť Ǔ ǔ Ž ž Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū Ȳ ȳ Ǣ ǣ ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ Ă ă Ĕ ĕ Ğ ğ Ĭ ĭ Ŏ ŏ Ŭ ŭ Ċ ċ Ė ė Ġ ġ İ ı Ż ż Ą ą Ę ę Į į Ǫ ǫ Ų ų Ḍ ḍ Ḥ ḥ Ḷ ḷ Ḹ ḹ Ṃ ṃ Ṇ ṇ Ṛ ṛ Ṝ ṝ Ṣ ṣ Ṭ ṭ Ł ł Ő ő Ű ű Ŀ ŀ Ħ ħ Ð ð Þ þ Œ œ Æ æ Ø ø Å å Ə ə Greek: Ά ά Έ έ Ή ή Ί ί Ό ό Ύ ύ Ώ ώ Α α Β β Γ γ Δ δ Ε ε Ζ ζ Η η Θ θ Ι ι Κ κ Λ λ Μ μ Ν ν Ξ ξ Ο ο Π π Ρ ρ Σ σ ς Τ τ Υ υ Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω Please note: No personal information from you is required to edit on Wookieepedia. 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